Undergarment.



A. F. BROWNING;

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAILZO, 1910.

1,034,071 Patented July 30, 1912.

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A; F. BROWNING.

UNDERGARMENT. APPLICATION FILED JAILZO, 1910.

v Patented Jilly 30, 1912.

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AMY FLORENCE BROWNING, OF DEVON, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1912.

Application filed January 20. 1910. Serial No. 539,029.

To all w/wm '1' t may concern.

Be it known that I, AMY FLORENCE Baowxmo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Devon, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Undergarment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined or integral corset covers and leg coverings of the style known as princess. These garments, as is well known, are made from a non-stretchahle or non-elastic material such as muslin. They are required to fit closely to thetigure at the waist and over the hips so as not to interfere with the fit of a close fitting princess dress, and are adapted to open from the neck opening to a point at or near the crotch to permit the garment to be drawn on and off. This opening has been a serious objection to the use of mnlergarmcuts of this character as heretofore made. It -formed in the front of the garment, the yoke has been split or di- .vided, which is particularly objectionable when a close [it across the upper portion of the bust is desired as, for example, when the yoke is visible through the dress. Such an opening also nccc arily necessitates the splitting or dividing of the yoke, which is objectionable when the same is of a form or qualltiv to be permanently injured thereby, as when a separate ornamental yoke is secured to the garment ()n the other hand,

it' the opcning is formed in the back of the garment, the fastening and untastcnmg oi the garmentby the wearer is rendered dithcult.

The objects of my invention are to im-' prove the general tit of an undcrgarment ot' the character described. aml to so form the same that although made of a non-stretchable or non-elastic material it may be fastened up the front and at'the same time provided, in the front, with a closed or integral yoke.

Referring to the drawings which are illustrative of specific embodiments of my invention as applied to combined corset covers and drawers: Figure t is a front view of a figure dressed in my improved garment. Fig. 2 is a rear view of a figure dressed in the garment. Fig. 3 is a trout elevation of a garment of a slightly ditferent t'orm. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of same. Fig. 5 is a detail of the buttons and button-holes for fastening the garment up the front.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts i throughout the several views.

My improved garment comprises a single unitary structure in which the body portion 7 is cut to fitelosely to the figure at the waist and over the hips, the waist portion of the garment being smaller or of less circumference than the wearers hips- The yoke 8 may either be formed from the piece or pieces of cloth forming the front of the garment, as shown in Fig. 3, in which figure tucks 28 are shown for purposes of ornamcntationand to conceal seam 14; or the yoke may comprise a separate piece of emoroidered fabric, lace, ete.,sewed to the front of the garment as shown in Fig. 1. In either case it. is not divided as heretofore and is ot'xzlosed or integral form and has a continuous or permanentlyunbroken upper margin, Below the yoke and extendingdownwardly througl'i the narrowed waist portion of the garment is the vertically disposed slit or opening 12. This slit. preferably extends to a point a short distance below the hips, but, if preferred, it may obviously be continued to or past the crotch.

The extent of the opening at the top of the garment is sutlicientto permit the top portion thereof to pass readily over the hips, while the location and extent of slit 12 relatively to the opening at the top of the garment and the narrowed waist portion, is such that when the slit is free to open, or unfastencd, the narrowed waist portion may he slipped over the hips of the wearer to permit the garment to be drawn on or OH", and when the slit is closed by securing the sides of the same together, the garment will fit closely to the contour of the figure at the waist and hips. It will be understood that as the opening at the top of the garment is adapted to pass over the hips it will ordinarily be of relatively large extent and that by extending slit or opening 12 to apoint considerably above the waist line it will be possible to utilize said opening 12 and said top opening to permit the passing of the arms through arm holes 6. That is, as the slit opens or spreads, a substantial movement of the side of body portion 7 between the slit and the arm to'be passed through the arm hole is permitted.

it will thus be seen that by my invention there provided an extremely compactand -well'fitt1ng undergarment, which, although made from a non-stretchable or non-elastic holes, andthe length'or locatlo'n of slit 12,"

are capable of sufiicient relative variation to -permit either changes in the specific form .of the garment or its-use by persons of widely'-' 'va'rying proportions. Drawing strings 9 and 13 may be provided if preferredeither at the top opening or about the waist/{and supporting members or-shoulder 1 strapsll may be eitherlinteg'ral with body j port on or secured at points on the margin ofthe to opening.

"In my pre erred construction, in which I secure an exceptionally well fitting and satisfactory garment, seam 14 extends down -"themiddle and front of the garment from the top openin to point 18, shapin in at the waist and it -en out and cur'vings ightly at the lowerend to form the crotch. It is left open-from a point between the to opening'and the waist hne a substantial istance above the latter, to'a substantialdistance below the same to form slit 12. Attached to edge 19' of the opened partand to a similar edge, not shown, on the other side of the slit, are. flaps; 17, made from a strip of ma terial' folded once lon 'tudinally'and once laterallyQ-f The raw e ges of this strip are turned in and the strip sewed to raw edge 19 and to a similar ed e, not shown, of the part of the garment orming slit '12, said edges being caught between the edges of the strip, the ends of which-are sewed together.

Button-holes 20 are worked' in the flap on one side of the slit and buttons 16 are sewed to the inside of the flap on the other side.

This permits the inward buttoning of the flaps to conceal and coverthebuttons. Gores 21 extend from the bustto the bottom of the garment, shaping in at the waist and out at the hips. Darts 22 and 23, there being two of each, start near. arm holes 6' and extend .to the largest part of the hips. Seams 24, in the back, at each side of the middle, extend from the top of the garment to the bottom,- shaping inat the waist and'outover the I hips flaring somewhat asagore. Seam 25 extends between seams 24 at a point a. little above "the waist line. Seam 26 in the middle-of the back, extends v downwardly from seam 25 curving inwardl ata point near the bottom to point 18 in t e crotch. From point/1'8,

at which point also ends seam 14, the two i seams 27 extend to thebottom of the drawers leg 15, forming the inside seam of the same. v a

' What I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a "rincessundergarment made from a non-e astic or unstretchable materialtand comprising a 70 adapted to fit the contour of the waist an provided in the narrowed waist portion, thereof with a downwardly extending-slit,

combined corset cover and leg cover n said garment having an opening at the top adapted to pass over the hips, a closed or; integral yoke, having a continuous or per manently unbroken upper margin, above-the upper end of the downwardly extending slit and separating said slit from the top opening, and means for closing-said slit, the garslit is free to open and to fit the contour of the waist when the slit is AMY FLORENCE BROWNING,

Witnesses: I

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